end of snotory. >> we're joined by two cnn contributors. tom fuentes and james marks. thanks very much for coming in. you think he's finally put this benghazi thing to rest, general petraeus, by his testimony, or are there still lingering questions out there? >> this is a store thaet won't go away for some time. there truly is a disconnect between what was earlier in the process reported and what dave petraeus is now saying inside the room, and even that is being discussed and debated. >> what about the confirmation potentially of season rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. you think because of what happened in benghazi, what she said five days after september 11th on those sunday morning talk shows, is that legitimate to go after her on this as opposed -- the president says, you have a problem, come after me, don't go after her. >> we need to stop attacking ambassador rice. she was on message. she didn't make that up when she went on the talk shows. she was not rolling her own intelligence jrb she had talking points. she stayed on message. the challenge we have to co